Most popular girls’ names in Minnesota, 1915

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Helen	787
2	Mary	731
3	Dorothy	676
4	Margaret	620
5	Ruth	453
6	Evelyn	439
7	Mildred	353
8	Florence	339
9	Alice	332
10	Irene	304
11	Gladys	283
12	Marie	276
13	Lucille	266
14	Bernice	264
15	Esther	260
16	Lillian	253
17	Frances	251
18	Eleanor	244
19	Elizabeth	225
20	Doris	204
21	Agnes	202
22	Myrtle	190
23	Viola	189
24	Hazel	181
25	Ethel	179

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	177
27	Virginia	171
28	Rose	160
29	Leona	156
30	Marjorie	154
31	Ann	153
31	Anna	153
33	Gertrude	149
33	Lorraine	149
35	Elsie	147
36	Violet	146
37	Grace	144
38	Marion	132
39	Edith	125
40	Clara	123
40	Martha	123
40	Pearl	123
43	Catherine	122
43	Marian	122
45	Lois	118
46	Louise	117
47	Vivian	113
48	June	111
49	Anne	109
50	Harriet	108
51	Beatrice	105
51	Mabel	105
53	Jean	104
54	Genevieve	102
55	Ruby	101
56	Charlotte	96
57	Adeline	95
58	Ellen	94
58	Phyllis	94
60	Josephine	93
61	Betty	91
62	Katherine	89
62	Marcella	89
64	Sylvia	88
65	Verna	84
66	Kathryn	83
66	Laura	83
68	Bertha	82
69	Thelma	77
70	Ida	76
71	Loretta	74
72	Dolores	72
73	Julia	71
74	Eileen	69
75	Maxine	67
76	Blanche	66
77	Alma	65
77	Muriel	65
77	Olga	65
80	Marguerite	64
81	Fern	63
81	Mae	63
81	Vera	63
84	Elaine	62
85	Jane	60
86	Emma	59
87	Eunice	58
88	Luella	57
89	Audrey	56
89	Barbara	56
91	Ella	54
91	Eva	54
91	Norma	54
91	Pauline	54
91	Stella	54
96	Inez	52
97	Hilda	50
97	Olive	50
99	Angeline	48
99	Caroline	48
99	Irma	48